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When it is considered how snuiU were the approi^riatious available for 

 this wofk it is safe to say that in few other respects have the farmers of 

 the state received as full value in return for the money expended. 



Xo other factor, save drouth or other adverse weather conditions, is more 

 important to the raising of crops in Montana than the control of injurious 

 insects. The hazard they constitute, though, is one that can bo successfully 

 combated in most instances. As time goes on, further study and experi- 

 mentation is continually reducing the number of injurious species for which 

 no control measures exist. This work, we believe, is a very justifiable func- 

 tion of the state. 



Respectfully yours, 



A. L. STRAND, 



State Entomologist. 



